Morro Bay vs Oceano

A side-by-side comparison of Morro Bay and Oceano: population, income, housing, and more.

Morro Bay and Oceano are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Morro Bay has the higher population (10,717 vs 7,098 in Oceano). Morro Bay has the higher median household income ($92,553 vs $69,448 in Oceano). Morro Bay has the higher median home value ($864,900 vs $518,500 in Oceano).

Population, income & housing

	Morro Bay	Oceano
Population	10,717	7,098
Median age	52.9 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,553	$69,448
Median home value	$864,900	$518,500
Median gross rent	$1,820	$1,424
Housing units	6,271	3,503
Homeownership rate	60.5%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morro Bay	Oceano
Population	10,578 → 10,717 (+1.3%)	7,487 → 7,098 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$68,262 → $92,553 (+35.6%)	$67,742 → $69,448 (+2.5%)
Median home value	$607,300 → $864,900 (+42.4%)	$392,000 → $518,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,560 → $1,820 (+16.7%)	$1,250 → $1,424 (+13.9%)

Morro Bay

Population

10,57810,717

Median household income

$68,262$92,553

Median home value

$607,300$864,900

Median gross rent

$1,560$1,820

Oceano

Population

7,4877,098

Median household income

$67,742$69,448

Median home value

$392,000$518,500

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,424

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morro Bay	Oceano
Under 5	3.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	8.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	7.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	17.4%	9.7%
65 to 74	17.4%	12.8%
75 and over	13.5%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morro Bay	Oceano
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	51.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	42.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morro Bay	Oceano
No high school diploma	6.1%	20.1%
High school graduate	12.6%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morro Bay	Oceano
Drove alone	73.7%	73.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.3%	1.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.0%	11.9%
Other means	2.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morro Bay	Oceano
1-unit, detached	71.2%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Morro Bay	Oceano
Poverty rate	9.9%	17.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1974	1978